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News Brief: Combined revenue at the Kansas City area's four casinos rose 3 percent, but their combined customer count fell 3 percent in August compared with last year, according to statistics the Missouri Gaming Commission released Monday.

Nevada casinos continued their winning streak in July, reporting their 12th straight month of record-setting growth and the fastest growth rate in nearly five years.

Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $80 million.

There was no jackpot winner in Friday's Mega Millions drawing, so Americans woke up to a jackpot that's bursting at an estimated $200 million for the Tuesday, September 13, 2005 drawing.

Barney Vinson: My buddy Russ had set me up with a possible job at the Dunes Hotel in Vegas.

The Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians and the Big Lagoon Rancheria joined Governor Schwarzenegger today in announcing they have successfully negotiated gaming compacts.

Executives at Beau Rivage today announced that they have opened a new Job Placement Center to provide information about available positions at the Gold Strike resort in Tunica, Mississippi and all available positions at MGM Mirage properties in Nevada.

Casino workers whose jobs were lost when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast are finding jobs on floating casinos in Iowa.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board this morning reported another monthly record as Nevada casinos won $958.4 million from gamblers in July, 17.9 percent better than the $812.7 million won in July 2004.

Sports bettors at the Golden Nugget properties won't be able to bet on the Houston Texans because Tilman Fertitta, the chief executive of the company who own the casinos, is a minority owner of the National Football League team.

State gaming regulators on Thursday recommended the licensure of six executives with the Aladdin Resort and Casino who are slowly moving to transform the property to the Planet Hollywood brand.

Visitor demand for Las Vegas as a destination seemed to fade at the end of the third quarter as room rates remained unchanged from the year before.

Tilman Fertitta of Landry's Restaurants discusses his company's plans for the Golden Nugget properties downtown and in Laughlin.

Forced out of town by Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Hornets owner George Shinn is exploring whether he can move his National Basketball Association franchise to Southern Nevada, a source close to the talks said Thursday.

As the hurricane approached the Mississippi Gulf Coast, many vacationers moved to Tunica, the state's other major gaming resort.

Harrah's Entertainment has canceled the World Series of Poker Circuit tournament scheduled to begin September 29 at Grand Casino Biloxi.

Stepping up efforts to help nearly 8,000 Harrah's employees begin the process of recovery from Hurricane Katrina, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. announced the opening of the Harrah's Gulf Coast Region Assistance Center today in Gulfport, Mississippi.

The state of Nebraska will be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the Santee Sioux Tribe challenging a decision that it cannot legally operate video poker, blackjack, roulette and other games at its Ohiya Casino.

Construction is still several months away, but new details of a proposed $400 million upgrade of the Las Vegas Convention Center are gradually taking shape, officials said Wednesday.

Less than two weeks after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to the Gulf Coast's gaming industry, some of the area's 14,000 casino workers are growing anxious about the future.